The switch-up makes a lot of sense, since the technology is called “Google Cast” and we have moved well beyond just the dongle-centric Chromecast at this point. We are now seeing Google Cast built into speakers and TVs, along with Google’s line of plug-and-play products, so the simplification to just “Google Cast” could help with any confusion.

An updated Google Cast app will arrive later on in the week with the new branding on both Android and iOS.

To help introduce the new branding, Google has launched a new website as well. The site focuses on teaching us what Google Cast is, where it can be found, and what it’s used for when put in play on your TVs and speakers.

I love you Google, but I hate that you always want to rename your products every year. I don’t have trouble following it as a tech enthusiast, but it becomes increasingly difficult to recommend your services to tech novices. “You should check out Google Play Music, I mean YouTube Red, I mean Google Play YouTube Red Music Key Wave Buzz Inbox ChromCardboardGlass..”

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JRomeo

Can i put my tv and my speaker both, together, in the same group ?

Droid4ever

Why does everything with Google have to be so half-baked? I’m a huge Google fan but I’m frustrated by all the shifting of vision. Chromcast, Google Cast, Google Tv, Android TV… why do we have to be so fragmented?

JRomeo

it’s just 2 things now, google tv transformed into androidTV, and chromecast transformed into google cast. so its really just 2 things. AndroidTV and google cast. oh and by the way, if you have a Nexus Player, it merges both of them into 1 thing since the nexus player does both. I predict there will be a new Nexus Player released this year. they didnt release one last year…. so they skipped 1 year, just like the same way they skipped 1 year between the 1st gen chromecast and the 2nd gen chromecast.

Droid4ever

So that will be the Google Nexus Android TV Googlecast Player? Why can’t we simplify like the competition… Apple TV. That’s all.

person

Google Cast is a feature. Android TV is a platform that has Google Cast as a feature. Chromecast is a dongle purpose-built to singularly offer the Google Cast feature. Find/replace with Miracast/AirPlay, Miracast dongles, Apple TV, etc. and it’s really the same story everywhere else in the industry.

JRomeo

the Nexus player already does everything simplied all-in-one. it includes the cast ability of the chromecast, it includes the pick-your-app and view your shows like the roku does, and you can even mirror your android phone so that whatever your android phone sees you see it on the nexus player, its an all-in-one. so you dont need to buy anything separately. if you buy a movie on the play store, watch it on the movies app, in Nexus player, same with Apple TV, if you buy a movie you can see it on the Apple TV, except that the Apple TV doesn’t have all the features that Nexus player has. stay tuned for the new Nexus Player released later this year.

BobButtons

Does anyone else have issues with apps timing out while casting? If I have something playing with Netflix or Plex and 20 minutes in I want to pause it, it’s non-responsive. I usually have to result to casting another app to get it to stop, then closing and re-opening the app I want to cast.

king of the thing

This, very much this. It doesn’t happen as much with the newest chromecast model but it happened constantly with the original.

motionmist

I have that issue as well. It can be annoying at times and I haven’t really figured out a way to fix it fully. One thing I do with Netflix is click on the continue watching for the show I am watching and it tends to fix it.

Katie Wallace

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Love chromecast. Would be great if just One Connection worked for all apps though… Instead of each individual app having to manually connect. I mean it works fine, and leaves that aspect in the hands of the Media Outlets…but it could be better.

Colin Huber

I hear you. One connection for each device. I like having multiple DJs when friends come over.

“Wait, we can all play music on that thing? Yes, even you, Apple user. Even you.”

Not sure if this was obvious or not, but the “Cast Screen” is not an app, just a function in the hamburger menu of the Chromecast app itself.

I use it to cast the AMC app (Walking Dead, Better Call Saul) to my TV since AMC doesn’t offer native chromecast support yet. I see the android nav buttons on the side of the screen (LG G4, Nexus 7) but it still does the trick.

Good_Ole_Pinocchio

I use that too. But since it’s native and you need to pretty much not touch your phone, it isn’t the best.

I know man. You can’t even turn your phone’s screen off without jumping through root hoops and some tricky 3rd party apps. I basically have to put it on minimal brightness, take the battery cover off and prop the phone up vertically so that it doesn’t overheat. Luckily I only have to do this once a week for 2 hours while I watch those shows. Beats paying for cable.

Cameron Laudick

Smart

TypoCorrecto

G-Cast dongle rebrand incoming…

Defenestratus

I think we are seeing the tell-tale signs that “Chrome” as a google product is going to be redefined down to the browser only soon.

bsilver2988

What do you think that means for Chromebooks? Think the rumors of converting them to android are true?

Defenestratus

Don’t know but I can’t imagine that google wants to have two desktop-capable OS in their stable when all of its capital can be put behind just one.

Aaron

I know that operating systems are a much bigger deal, but Google doesn’t seem to have a problem with investing resources in multiple apps that serve the same purpose.

A.Miller

Given the enormous market share that Google has in the education market with Chromebooks, I cannot see them abandoning it.

Jérôme Besnard

My kids school just announced they are going Chromebooks! I agree. Chrome OS is here to stay. I personally like my chromebook more than my Android tablet (for 1/2 the price).